Baby bottle holder



5 195.4 0. A. ROSELLE BABY BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Jan. 26. 1951 INVENTOR. DONALD A RqsELLE Patented Feb. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BABY BIZ) I I HI;DER

Donald A. Roselle, Racine,,Wis. Application January 26, 1951, Serial No. 207,938

1 Claim.

This invention appertains to improvements in baby bottle holders and has for its primary object to provide means for effectively and dependably detachably securing a bottle holder to a bed pad, blanket or other similar article, with the bottle at the proper angle for feeding by an infant.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bottle holder, which is adjustable for accommodating various size bottles and which is provided with means for automatically holding the bottle in an inclined position, laterally of the face of a feeding infant, so that the bottle is, at all times, tilted towards the mouth of the infant to insure that the nipple end of the bottle is filled with milk.

Yet another object of this invention is to form a bottle holder from a single piece of inherently resilient but stable wire, which is bent to provide a clamping base section, a supporting section, which extends vertically from the base section, and a bottle holding section, which is projected outwardly from the supporting section and overlies the base section, the bottle holding section being connected by a coiled section, which forms a resilient hinge, to the supporting section.

These and ancillary objects and structural features of merit are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational View of the preferred form of this invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view thereof, and,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary rear elevational view.

With continued reference to the accompanying drawing, the bottle holder [0 is formed from a single piece of inherently resilient but stable wire 12, which is bent between its ends to provide two sections It and I8. Both of the sections are bent at one end to form a rectangular open base frame 26, which is ted to be inserted under a bed pad, blanket, or similar bedding article.

The section if; extends upwardly from one end portion 2| of the base frame and is arranged perpendicular to the base frame to form a vertical standard 24. The upper portion 26 of the standard is offset from the longitudinal axis of the standard and is inclined laterally outwardly from the end 22 of the base. The upper portion 26 of the standard is formed to provide a helical coil 28, which defines a resilient hinge.

A bottle engaging and holding member 30 constitutes a prolongation of the coil 28 and includes an arm 32, which is extended from the end convolution 34 of the coil 28. The arm 32 overlies the base and terminates in a series of transversely disposed convolutions 36. The outer end 38 of the arm 32, which forms the initial portion of the convolutions is offset downwardly from the axis of the arm 32, so that the lower portions 40 of the convolutions 36 lie in a common plane disposed below the inclined plane of the arm 32.

The diameter of the convolutions are adjustable by compressing them and using the free end 42 to bend the convolutions a smaller diameter or larger diameter, so as to clampingly encircle and engage bottles of various sizes.

As seen in Figure 1, the coil formed by the convolutions 36 encircle the bottle 44 and the closed end of the bottle is cradled against the arm 32. The coil 28 defines a resilient hinge joint to support the arm 32 in an inclined plane, relative to the front end of the supporting base frame 2!). The arm 32 is adjusted by raising or lowering it about the hinge joint 23, so that a bottle held in the loops 36 is at a correct angle with relation to the mouth of a nursing infant. All of the fluid in the bottle can be sucked out by the infant Without any possibility of sucking air since the nipple will be full, at all times.

The second section Id of the wire is formed to provide a clamping means 46 for detachably clamping or attaching the bottle holder to a bed pad, blanket or other article of bedding. The section H5 is extended upwardly from the other end portion 22 of the base 20 and is coiled, as at so, about the supporting standard 24. The section [6 is bent outwardly and downwardly from. the standard to form a clamping arm 55), which is arcuately shaped and which is inclined downwardly from the supporting standard to a position overlying the side 52 of the base. The arm as terminates in a reinforced clamping foot 54, which is formed by bending the free end of the section It to form an eyelet. The clamping foot or eyelet 54 is offset from the longitudinal axis of the arm 50 and is disposed parallel to the base, the foot overlying the side 52 of the base, as seen in Figure 3.

In use. the side 52 is slid beneath a pad or blanket and clamped thereon by the foot 54, which engages the upper surface of the pad or blanket. The holder 30 is then disposed in a position, so as to support the bottle M, with the nipple end adjacent to the mouth of an infant, laying on the pad or blanket.

Obviously, the upper portion 26 of the standand may be ofiset in a direction from the lower portion 24. Also, the loops 36 may be easily adjusted to accommodate bottles of various diameters and the loops 28 may be suitably formed to any desired resiliency.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

In a bottle holder formed of a single piece of spring metal and comprising a flat base frame in the form of a rectangle, a standard rising from one end portion of the rectangle and having the upper end terminating in a hinge coil, an arm arranged longitudinally of and spaced above the rectangle and having one end connected to said hinge coil and having the other end terminating in a spring coil and forming a bottle holder, the other end portion of the rectangle being coiled about said standard thence bent into a clamping arm, the clamping arm being positioned between the rectangle and said 4 arm and having its free end terminating in a foot, said clamping arm extending from said standard to one of the sides of the rectangle and having the foot overlying and engaging said one side of the rectangle.

DONALD A. ROSELLE.

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